§ 6. Mr. LUNN (for Mr. PARKINSON)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will add one direct representative of the native community, or an accredited labour representative, to the commission of inquiry he proposes to appoint to inquire into the circum stances attending the recent disturbances at Luanshya N'kana and Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia?
§ Major GEORGE DAVIES (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The Chief Secretary, who is an ex-Secretary for Native Affairs in Tanganyika, and Mr. Cartmel Robinson, the Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Province, who has had more than 20 years' experience of native administration in various parts of the territory, are members of the Commission of inquiry. In these circumstances my right hon. Friend considers that the interests of the natives employed in the mines do not necessitate any addition to the Commission which has been appointed by the Governor.
§ Mr. LUNNWill the hon. and gallant Gentleman ask his right hon. Friend to see that, in an industrial area like this where thousands of people are employed in the copper mines, there are workmen's representatives, now that a number of people have been killed, as there have been in recent weeks?
§ Major DAVIESI will certainly convey that question to my right hon. Friend.